Does anyone know how I can find out about hiring a boat for a few hours in or near Carcassonne? We would like to take a trip on the Canal du Midi but all the boats I can find are only available to hire for a week or more.
Thanks
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You may find it difficult to rent a boat here for only several hours. Rental companies renting boats to individuals without permits will take the time to make sure you are familiar with not only their equipment but general procedures for handling locks and general canal etiquette. Additionally, boats must be serviced after a rental. All of these formalities would leave little time to actually enjoy traveling if one only had several hours.
The good news is that most all of the companies rent for periods of time much less than a week. Weekend rentals are fairly common but canal boats are usually reserved months in advance. There is a small operation in Palavas les Flots (not really close to Carcassonne) that rents small electrical boats by the hour for travel along the canal de Rhone a Sete but I am not familiar with a similar operation in Carcassonne.
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